WebIS has announced the public availability of their beta versions of FlexMail 2007 and Pocket Informant 2007. The objective is to get pas much public input in both products, currently targeted for an August 2006 release.
Pocket Informant 2007 major new features:
WebIS and Franklin Covey have teamed together to provide a full syncing solution with the upcoming Plan Plus for Outlook, The new features that this sync solution (provided in the box with PPO4.0) include PPO Projects, Percentage Complete, PPO Status, ABCD/0-99 priorities, task regeneration and Daily Notes. PPO is not required for the features to work within PI.
New Franklin Covey Project Task list
New Franklin Covey Daily Task List
New Franklin Covey Master Task List
Ability to set and see visually the percentage completed of a task
Ability to set and see visually the In progress, Delegate status
Daily Notes
TimeZone picker for new appointment creation
Appointments can have multiple alarms including PPC only alarms, Outlook 0-duration appts, and Travel Time (Before and After)
Overhauled settings application
Redesigned Journal with rich text support
Preview windows (half screen) are now clickable
Redesigned Date Picker with one handed use design
Redesigned Summary screens for easier one handed use (especially Contacts)
Visual Macro Editor
Reworked interface for streamlined use, simpler access to features
Fully soft key enabled and one-hand use designed
Even with all this, PI actually uses about the same amount of memory and disk space as PI 2005 did
FlexMail 2007 features:
Now uses the same database engine as the built in Inbox app for greatly increased speed in all aspects of operation
Mail Rules - you can now set rules on incoming POP3/IMAP emails or execute preset rules for ActiveSync accounts manually
Support for Flags, Answered/Replied status on email
Folder Searching lets you find any email within your folder structure
Contacts Lookahead added to message editor
LEMONADE IMAP extensions support
IMAP IDLE support
Meeting Request processing (IMAP/POP3 for now)
Much expanded per folder download settings
Ability to refresh list of IMAP folders without synchronization
